participation; joining; entry; adherence
to make it a principle to ...; to aim at doing
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
modern Japanese (esp. as a school subject)
to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
stretch; tension; resilience; springiness; will-power; pluck
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
window; window (shop display)
modern Japanese (esp. as a school subject)
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
sleepiness; drowsiness; the sandman; Morpheus
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
recess; break time; break between classes; free period; recess time; recreation hour
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
uneven; irregular; non-uniform; unsorted; odd; miscellaneous
shortcut; short-cut hairstyle for women
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
elegant; lively but restrained; quietly beautiful
with a clash; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
stripe; bar; streak; (weaved) stripe pattern (of 2 or more different colors)
shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to be reminded of; to call to mind
clerk; secretary; writing down; putting on record
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper
word for word; verbatim; a single word and a single phrase
as soon as possible; ASAP
questions and answers; dialogue
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)